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In West Africa, a history of deficiencies in maize production is being addressed by a series of workshops to educate farmers on sustainable crop and natural resource management.
A partnership between the USAID-funded Agribusiness and Trade Promotion (ATP) project and CropLife Africa Middle East was set up last year to help farmers in the West African
Food and agriculture should be prioritised in the UK Department of International Development’s (DfID) plans to tackle global poverty, a new report into food security has recommended. Citing from the World Bank, the ‘Why No Thought for Food?’ study reveals that economic growth from agriculture generates twice as much poverty reduction than any other sector.
The
A new report issued by the UK’s Department for Enviroment, Food, and Rural Affairs (Defra) outlines how the UK government intends to address future food security. According to the Guardian, the ‘Food 2030’ report takes the most comprehensive approach to agriculture policy since the Second World War.
The UK food industry is worth £80 billion and
More than a billion farmers and their families around the world are on the front line of climate change. Their lives and livelihoods are directly affected by its impact, and they are also vital to implementing many of the solutions we need to help delay and deflect it.
Members of the Farming First coalition believe that:
Agriculture
The International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) has just launched an interactive world map highlighting some of the many success stories in agricultural development from around the world. It is part of a wider upcoming launch of their newest publication, Millions Fed: Proven Successes in Agricultural Development, which will be released on 12 November.
The interactive
One of the many unwelcome side-effects of global warming is the unpredictable weather patterns that it causes. In Brazil, those same patterns could be the start of a severe disruption to the country’s agriculture sector.
Reuters breaks down what is at stake for Brazil and the rest of the world:
At stake is a $250 billion farm
